As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

A new study led by the University of Oulu in Finland refutes the belief that high hemoglobin levels are always desirable for health. A study based on two large human cohorts as well as experimental ...

It is important to ensure normal hemoglobin or Hb levels in children. To determine normal Hb levels in children, an examination using a blood sample test is needed. In addition to normal results, Hb ...

A gene with a significant effect on regulating hemoglobin in the body has been identified as part of a genome-wide association study, which looked at the link between genes and hemoglobin level in ...

The optimal target hemoglobin level for anemic patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is controversial. Two new randomized trials, both supported by makers of erythropoietin and both conducted in ...

A population-based study of over 1.1 million births in Ontario, CA found that both low and high maternal hemoglobin levels ...

New data suggest that the presence of comorbidities such as heart failure or diabetes renders risk of death and cardiovascular morbidity associated with high hemoglobin targets clinically undetectable ...